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Marcus’s grip on

My feet patter down the stairs, barely keeping up with his quick steps as he tugs ht behind us, our co out a discordant rhythm on the stairs until we reach the small entryway

Marcus shoves the door open and drags me down the walk, and when he opens the car door for entlemanly and a lot more caveman-like about it as he practically tosses me inside

Theo and Ryland slide into the back seat Marcus stalks around the front before sitting behind the wheel and cranking the ignition The car roars to life, and he peels away from the curb with a screech

There’s soin the car that I can barely breathe, andto fit the pieces together

Natalie is back She’s a bigger bitch than ever, and she’s stillher what she wants, into taking care of her

And that guy Carson

She either can’t see it or doesn’t care, but he didn’t get her those two apartirl” He did it to fuck with the three h I have no idea why or how

Marcus takes a turn so fast I slide across the seat, and I grab on to the center console to brace h as he steadies h the denirip is hot and possessive, and it sends a jolt of awareness through s are concentrated directly underneath his palm

It’s like a switch has been flipped inside hientle to hard

“What the fuck was that about?” I ask, speaking over the rapid thrum of my pulse

He doesn’t answer, just takes another turn at high speed and accelerates again

It occurs to , and a ripple of fear passes through me Given the sudden shift in all three men’s demeanor, I’m not sure I want to find out

But fifteen minutes later, we slon suddenly in front of Marcus’s house

The garage door slides open, and he revs the engine one hts flicker on around us, illue, clean space Two other cars are parked in the garage, both as sleek and expensive-looking as this one—but I barely have ti around the front to yank open my door